George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry

The 10th earl's memorial tablet (top) in St Mary Magdalene church, Croome

George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry (10 September 1900 - 27 May 1940)[1] was the son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, and Virginia Daniel.[2] As his father predeceased his grandfather, 10th earl was his grandfather's heir to the earldom. George Coventry inherited both the earldom and the viscountcy on 13 March 1930.[1]

Military service

Coventry was a Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, which was part of the original Expeditionary Force sent to France in September 1939.[3] His regiment was subsequently evacuated during the retreat from Dunkirk; Coventry was killed in action on 27 May 1940 at La Bassée, during the Battle of Dunkirk which preceded it. He is buried in the communal cemetery at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée.[4]

Family

He married the Honourable Nesta Donne Phillips in September 1921; they had four children.[1] His youngest child, also named George William Coventry and subsequently 11th Earl of Coventry was born at Croome Court on 25 January 1934.[5] The 10th earl's daughters were Anne Donne, Joan Blanche, and Maria Alice Coventry.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hammond, P.W., ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Stroud, 1998), 212.
  2. 1 2 "Person Page".
  3. ↑ "Worcestershire Regiment - Famous Units - Research - National Army Museum, London".
  4. ↑ "Lieut. Earl George William Reginal Victor COVENTRY (7903) - Worcestershire Regiment".
  5. ↑ "The Earl of Coventry".
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